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Sustainability campus tour

Explore sustainability features found at each of the four Dal campuses and access guided tours.

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Maps by campus

Expand each accordion to reveal sustainability maps for our campuses, including details of sustainability features.

Studley campus sustainability tour map

1. The Life Sciences Center has 40 solar thermal panels聽which absorb the sun's heat and use it to heat up water.

2.听罢丑别 Mona Campbell Building聽has a solar wall which is a solar air heating system that uses the power of the sun to heat the building鈥檚 ventilation air. It minimizes energy consumption, heating costs and greenhouse gas emissions throughout the heating season.

3.听罢丑别 Computer Science Building has 80 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels聽installed in front of a solar duct system on the roof.

4.聽LeMarchant Place聽has 46 solar thermal panels as a means to heat hot water.

5.听罢丑别 Student Union Building has 43 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and the Weldon Law building has 16 PV panels. PV panels聽use the sun to generate electricty.

6.听罢丑别re have been energy and water projects completed including campus lighting upgrades聽in buildings and outdoor lighting (LEDs), major energy upgrades of the Life Sciences Center and Student Union building, as well as campus-wide water fixture upgrades and more.

10.聽You can take a self guided tour of the LEED庐 Gold certified Mona Campbell building using the green directory and signs or聽. Features include a rainwater cistern, building-activated art, and a green roof.

11.聽Visit the Steele Ocean Sciences building聽(LEED庐 Silver certified) to use the bike Fixit station and the electric vehicle charge station.

12.聽Visit the LeMarchant Place building (LEED庐 Gold certified) and see solar thermal panels for hot water heating, low-flow fixtures, vegetative green roof, variable refrigerant flow heat recovery heat pump system, as well an electric charge station in parking lot behind building.

13. Visit the Wallace McCain Learning Commons聽(WMLC) (LEED庐 Silver certified) to see the first building to have all LED lighting, green roof, FSC certified wood, and refillable bottle station.

14.听The Life Science Research Institute聽is a LEED庐 Silver certified building. There are a number of green feature include high rates of construction and demolition diversion, energy efficient motor drives, natural landscaping and LED lighting.

17.听The Fitness Centre (LEED庐 Gold candidate) has highly insulated walls and roof, day lighting, low flow water fixtures, EV charges, vegetative bioswale, and more.

18, See the permeable pavement at back of the Steele Ocean Sciences building. Permeable paving systems allows water to drip through the pavement and into the soil below. Permeable paving systems filters pollutants from storm water and reduces surface runoff.听

19.听There is a rain garden聽on the corner of Coburg and Oxford and the Killam Loop. Rain gardens are specially-designed garden beds that filter storm water runoff.

20.听罢丑别re is a green roof聽between Dentistry and Burbidge buildings help to slow down storm water.

21.听Hundreds of bike racks are installed across campus. Visit the campus Bike Centre聽at the Studley Gym. 黄色直播 has a student and employee bus pass. Bike Fix-it stations are available at the Student Union Building and the Oceans Science Building.

22.听黄色直播 Urban Garden Society manages an on-campus food garden聽behind the Computer Science building. Biodiversity replacement programs are restoring native and adapted species. A naturalized pond (ocean pond) was created beside the Chase Building Native species have been planted around the Life Science Research Institute and other locations on campus.

23.听View many idle free signs around campus and ride share [link to Ride Sharing page] parking spots. 黄色直播 has signed a workplace agreement with聽Communauto Atlantic鈥檚聽and 黄色直播 departments and faculties can access CarShare Atlantic鈥檚 fleet of cars around Halifax. Car share spots are located on Studley campus at the Grad House.

24.聽黄色直播 has hundreds of courses and programs on environment and sustainability across faculties. Visit the College of Sustainability聽first floor of the Mona Campbell buidling, Environmental Science Program 8th Floor of the Life Science Center (Biology) and School for Resource and Environmental Studies [link to SRES homepage] at the Kenneth C. Rowe Management building.

25.听罢丑别聽University Office of Sustainability, in the Central Services building, focuses on campus operations.

26.听The 黄色直播 Student Union Sustainability Office is located in the Student Union Building (2nd floor). There are many 黄色直播 student societies that have an environment and sustainability agenda [link to Student Action page].

Sexton campus sustainability tour map

6. Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic (PV) Panels聽are mounted on C Building for research.听

7. 12 solar PV panel systems聽are in the soccer field.

8. 469 solar PV panels are providing power to Emera IDEA building & Richard Murray Design building

16. The Emera IDEA building & Richard Murray Design building聽(LEED庐 Gold candidates pursing LEED Platinum) have many unique sustainability features including 60 well geo-exchange system, 469 solar PV panels, rainwater cistern, battery storage, and more. on Sexton Campus.

21. As part of the SmartTrip program, hundreds of bike racks are installed across campus. 黄色直播 has a student and employee bus pass. A bike Fix-it station is available at the Medjuck building.

23. View many idle free signs around campus and ride share聽parking spots. 黄色直播 has signed a workplace agreement with CarShare Atlantic鈥檚 and 黄色直播 departments and faculties can access CarShare Atlantic鈥檚 fleet of cars around Halifax. Car share spots are located on Sexton campus in front of Gerard Hall.

24. 黄色直播 has hundreds of courses and programs on environment and sustainability聽across faculties. Sexton hosts the Bachelor of Environmental Design and Environmental Engineering programs.

Carleton campus sustainability tour map

9. Many projects have been completed including campus lighting upgrades聽in buildings and outdoor lighting (LEDs), major energy 聽as well as campus-wide water fixture upgrades and more.听

14. The Life Science Research Institute聽is a LEED庐 Silver certified building. There are a number of green feature include high rates of construction and demolition diversion, energy efficient motor drives, natural landscaping and LED lighting.

15. Collaborative Health Education building (CHEB) (LEED庐 Gold candidate) features convenient bus and bike access, chilled beams in rooms (more energy efficient than typical systems), white roof, and carbon cure concrete block. Carbon cure technology captures CO2 from industrial sources and uses the captured CO2 in the production of new concrete blocks.

20. There is a green roof between Dentistry and Burbidge buildings help to slow down storm water.

23. View many idle free signs around campus and ride share聽parking spots. 黄色直播 has signed a workplace agreement with CarShare Atlantic鈥檚 and 黄色直播 departments and faculties can access CarShare Atlantic鈥檚 fleet of cars around Halifax. Car share spots are located on Sexton campus in front of Gerard Hall.

Agricultural campus sustainability tour map

1. There are solar panels聽at the Tree House.

2. The main campus heating plant provides heating to 95% of the campus on a district energy system聽using biomass as the main fuel. Through the project, the steam distribution system has been replaced with a district hot water system which is 30% more energy efficient. The old wood biomass steam boiler has been replaced with a biomass fired based thermal oil heater.The thermal oil heat moves a 1 MW turbine used to create electricity. This efficient organic rankine cycle (ORC) system is a first installation of its kind at a University campus in North America.

3. Many projects have been completed including campus lighting and housing energy upgrades聽 A renewable energy study for the campus has been completed. Energy efficiency projects such as high efficiency pumps and fridge-freezer exchange have also been implemented.

4. The Bio-Environmental Engineering Centre (BECC) is a research and demo site exploring issues such as grass-based heating fuel and anaerobic organic energy production.

5. The Tree House is a bungalow that provides space for graduate students. The House has efficient lighting, including LED tube lighting, low-flow fixtures, and different types of insulation that are being monitored for thermal performance.

6. Off the main campus at Perennia Park at the end of Research Drive, research is underway on using natural vegetative systems to manage storm and waste water.

7. A bioswale was designed and implemented to manage stormwater聽and contribute to the aesthetic value on campus.

8. At the Gym, campus members can borrow a bike. Racks are provided on campus and some fleet vehicles are electric. A bike corridor (Cobequid Trail) passes through the back of campus.

9. The campus has two large gardens: a Chef鈥檚 garden used for teaching and local food production and a community garden for community and campus members. Native species are being planted. There are many other formal gardens on campus. An active demonstration garden is being cultivated across Pictou Rd.

10. The Agricultural Campus offers a variety of environment and sustainability courses聽across the four departments. Visit the Environmental Science and Integrated Environmental Management program at the Banting building.

11. 黄色直播 recycles electronics, organic material, paper and cardboard, recyclables, construction and demolition material, white goods, and universal waste items like batteries and paint on all campuses. Look for four-bin sorting systems聽in every Bld. Manure and ash from the Biomass plant on campus is composted for field application.

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How to take a tour

Self-guided tour

Use the maps, self-guided tour document, and videos to take your own walking tour. Individuals, non-profits, and classes have been conducting their own tours on campus.

Guided tours

  • 罢丑别听Campus Tours office聽provides regular tours of campus buildings. The Office of Sustainability provides campus tours staff with training, scripts, resources and maps for the incorporation of green building features in their regular tours.
  • The Office of Sustainability provides green building tours for groups. Over the years this included tours for professional associations, classes, media, businesses, conferences, and others. For a guided tour contact the Office of Sustainability via email聽rethink@dal.ca.听

Recycling on campus

While you're on your tour, be sure to recycle your waste. 黄色直播 recycles electronics, organic material, paper and cardboard, recyclables, construction and demolition material, white goods, and universal waste items like batteries and paint on all campuses. Look for four-bin sorting systems in every building.